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Finger crossed. Here in Europe, the start of the legal warranty is and stay the date of acquisition. It means, if the first hub was replaced one day before the end of the warranty, the warranty covers the new hub only for one day 🫤

Maybe Hope had a bad batch and this hub landed on the grey market. Today I saw a video about Hope counterfeit cranks (in French else I would have share). Difficult to tell the difference until they crack. He notable differences were: - one part was not anodised but is anodised one the genuine ones - the label of the crank length is lasered instead of CNC'd - the axle machined in a slightly different way.

That sounds quite bad. I never encountered an issue with the 3 Hope pro IV ss/trials I owned. Neither on the classic one on my wheels for enduro/DH. The steel outer ring slips within the hub shell, right? Like with your first one? Is the hub shell cracked? Who laced the wheel? What was the spoke tension?

Hi Rich, Just wanted to tell you how I really appreciate all what you do for trials (videos, shows and now this). We need more of this kind of initiatives and hard work. Thx a lot!

Get well soon!

Hi, would like to share this really interesting discussion about event organisation and the future of trials. Thank you guys for the nice podcast !

The Echo lever are prone to leakages. Look at the side of the pistons of the caliper: if some deep scratches are present, the calipers are done (I guess it occurs when some sand or other abrasive stuff stick there) There is then so much friction that the pistons don't come back. I had Clean, Race line, Hashtagg lever but never used the trialtech one. Knowing the quality of their products and the feedback of Rich from RPM, I guess they are really good. If you don't want to spent that much, a good old magura lever from the 2005 serie, with the edges cut off (see Ali C videos again, thx to him and tartybikes) does the job really well.

The complete bike: https://www.instagram.com/dbohemian/p/ClhVXNtSoDz/

As Sam Song noticed, I think that James's bike weights more than the measured 9,3kg. His scale is surely off. 9,3kg is really light for a street trials. @Sam Song: what about titanium screws? It does not make a huge difference though.

I agree. You can ride with a lot of pressure too. The sidewalls are similar to the previous Schwable Table top, very thin. That's the only way to a get a tire that light.

I think the light bicycles rims combined to tubeless billy bonkers saved a lot of weight. The combo seat is also many hundred gramms lighter than a pivotal or tripod one, for only a few bucks.

Difficult to know Everyone warmly recommends the Coust brake pads but the ones I got with an used bike are OK, but I prefer the Crewkerz ones or the cheap Jitsie (but the last ones broke...) I also assume they somehow expire. Cleaning the rim may have a negative effect first. I read that, the rim requires a first thin layer of rubber to deliver the best result. According to my experience, that is the case (and in different applications the same applies)

You need to distinguish two aspects : getting on the rear wheel and staying balance on the rear wheel. Basically, both can't be solved by the same geometry. Either you go for one or for the other, but you can't have both simultaneously. A high bar will make pulling the front wheel up much easier. Thus, you will have less problem to maintain the left/right balance during the first phase of a manual (I.e. getting to the balance point). For a really high bunny up, this can become a drawback, cause you have a really short period for jumping/for the extension. In addition, you start from a higher position, more on the back, but for really high bunny up, one shall slightly transfer his/her mass to the front, which is more difficult when starting too far back. One has less vertical amplitude too. On the rear wheel with a lower bar, your hips are closer to the balance point, they are more above the bottom bracket. That gives a much better control (moment of rotation is smaller, that makes it easier to control)

Zoo pitbull I think Adam is right. It was also my first guess due to the "a" and the font but I did not find this version first. It is neither a mk I, nor a mk II...

I still did not find what is the teased frame 😁